Clothes-pin



(No Model.)

G. W. M30031).

CLOTHES PIN.

No. 439,250. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MOOORD, OF BAKER CITY, OREGON.

CLOTH ES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,250, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed June 9 1890. Serial No. 354,769. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. M00031), of Baker City, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-pins; and it consists in certain novel details of construction to be hereinafter pointed out and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are views showing the manner of constructing my improved clothes-pin. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a complete pin. Figs.

4 and 5 are side and edge views, respectively, showing the manner of increasing the tension of the spring portion of the pin.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.

In constructing my improved clothes-pin a piece of metallic Wire of suitable length is first bent into the loop or ring A, as shown in Fig. 1. At the points a (it, beyond where the parts of the wire cross, the two ends are bent up at substantially right angles, and at the point I) are bent or curved sidewise and slightly inward until they are substantially opposite, crossing the loop at the point 0, whence they diverge and are carried up and formed into eyes D, all as shown clearly in Fig. 3. I am enabled to increase or renew the tension of the spring loop or ring A, if from any cause it may have become weakened, by bending out the spring A, so that the portions E will clear each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and then bending the looped spring portion torsionally, as shown in Fig. 5, after which the parts are brought back to normal position by reverse motions, as will be readily understood.

The pin can be easily and cheaply manufactured, and will be found to be admirably adapted for the use to which it is intended to be put.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new is- A clothes-pin constructed of one continuous piece of metallic wire bent to form two clamping-jaws, consisting of the spring loop or ring A and the portions E, said portions being bent up at right angles at the point a, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

GEORGE W. MOOORD.

Witnesses:

F. K. GREEN, E. V. WILCOX. 

